CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION TO DISASTER 1.1 THE HISTORY OF DISASTERS IN INDIA Year 2005‚ say India should hang her head in shame. With the Bengal famine‚ Orissa Super Cyclone‚ Latur earthquake‚ Bhopal chemical disaster‚ Andhra cyclone‚ Gujarat earthquake‚ recurring floods‚ Mumbai 2008 bomb blasts and many other disasters there is no foyer in the world with space large enough to exhibit the collective pain on the face of India. India has ranked at the top or near top in almost all type of disasters
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Status of Women in India: Problems and Concerns Internship Project (December 2010 - January 2011) Supported by Heinrich Boll Foundation‚ Germany CENTRE FOR STUDY OF SOCIETY AND SECULARISM 602 & 603‚ New Silver Star‚ 6th Floor‚ Behind BEST Bus Depot‚ Santacruz (E)‚ Mumbai: - 400 055. Ph. 022-26149668‚ 26102089 Fax 022-26100712 E-mail: csss@mtnl.net.in Website: www.csss-isla.com pg. 1 1. INTRODUCTION Keeping in view the nature of activities undertaken by the CSSS‚ certain NGOs and educational
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I. Introduction Emerging markets are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization. The economies of China and India are considered to be the largest. According to the Economist many people find the term outdated‚ but no new term has yet to gain much traction. Emerging market hedge fund capital reached a record new level in the first quarter of 2011 of $121 billion. The seven largest emerging and developing economies by either nominal GDP or GDP (PPP)
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STUDY MATERIAL ON HOTS Subject: Business Studies CLASS – XII Part - A PRINCIPLES AND FUNCTIONS OF MANAGEMENT Chapter -1 NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF MANAGEMENT 1. Which force is consisted as the essence of management? 2. ‘Doing the task with minimum cost” name the term associated with management? 3. ‘ In order to be successful ‚ an organization must change its goals according to the needs of the environment. Whish characteristics of management are highlighted in this
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AUGUST 1st August: 1. Bhim Sain Bassi‚ the 1977-batch IPS officer of AGMU (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories) cadre took over the charge as the next Delhi Police Commissioner on 31 July 2013. He succeeded Neeraj Kumar. 2. The Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar retired from his office on 31 July 2013. He served to the police force for 37 years. His tenure as the Delhi Police commissioner was 13 months. He will be succeeded by Bhim Sain Bassi. 3. Faced with a tight liquidity condition
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UNITED NATION ORGANISATION 1. The United Nations Organisation was formed on 24 Oct 1945 after the II World War. The main aim of this organization was to avoid III World War and to provide a platform for dialogues. It is an international organization which looks after rights‚ economic developments‚ social progress‚ disarmament and achieving world peace. 2. The world United Nations was given by Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt in 1942. The organization runs with six languages i.e
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LUSH FIELDS AND PARCHED THROATS: The Political E C O ~ O ~Groundwater in Gu-iarat of N Bela Bhatia Setu: Centre f i r Social Knowledge and Action (Ahmedabad) July I992 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This study is motivated and informed by my fist-hand experience of social action in the rural areas of Sabarkantha dismct (North Gujarat) during the period 1985-9C‚ which included (I severe drought. I would like to thank my co-workers in Shramjivi Samaj‚ especially Karsanbhi‚ Rarnilaben‚ Nainaben‚ Heerabhai
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Directorate of Education Govt. of NCT Delhi Support Material 2013- 14 Problem Solving Assessment Class IX List of Members who prepared Support Material on Problem Solving Assessment (PSA) for Class IX Session - 2013-2014 Team Members S. No. Name Designation Mrs. Archana Vishwadeep (Group Leader) Principal RPVV A-6‚ Paschim Vihar 1. Mrs. Urmil Chauhan 2. Mr Bhushan Kumar 3. Ms Vandana Nair 4. Mr. Sabir Hussain 5. Mr. Om Prakash Sharma 6
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Ghanshyam Thori Geography Notes GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD Continent Asia Europe South America Africa North America Oceania Urbanization by Continents: SN Continent 1. South America 2. Europe 3. North America DEMOGRAPHY: Density person/sq. km 108 101 21 20 14 3 Urbanization 78 74 68 S.no 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Country Russia Canada United States China Brazil Australia India Argentina Kazakhstan Sudan Top 20 Countries by Area Area (lakh sq km) S. N Country 170 11. Algeria 99
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